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Sun, 24 May 2015 10:34:00 -0400Aly Weisman
<p>It was the year 2000 <span>—</span>&nbsp;seven years before anyone had <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0979911/" target="_blank">even heard of Kim Kardashian</a> or before Beyoncé <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/met-ball-2015-best-and-worst-dressed-2015-5#jay-z-and-beyonc-in-givenchy-made-quite-the-entrance-6" target="_blank">walked red carpets nearly nude</a>.</p>
<p>Up until this point, red carpets were fairly tame, fully-clothed affairs.</p>
<p>That is, until Jennifer Lopez arrived to the 2000 Grammys in that now infamous green Versace gown with a neckline that plunged down to her naval and was held together simply by fashion tape.</p>
<p><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/555b5639ecad04c466891f6d-1200-2000/jennifer lopez versace dress.jpg" border="0" alt="Jennifer Lopez Versace Dress"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">It was even Diddy-approved.</span></p>
<p><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5525a7366da811736cfef10c-1200-2000/ap00022301929.jpg" border="0" alt="JLO and Puffy"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">And before Kim Kardashian self-admittedly </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/17/kim-kardashian-butt-break-the-internet-paper-magazine" target="_blank">"broke the internet"</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> with her bare-bottom photos, J.Lo's dress really did.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/google-european-commission-and-disruptive-technological-change-by-eric-schmidt-2015-01#yMSC5IlY7sHATDCO.99" target="_blank">In an essay</a><span>&nbsp;published in January on <span></span><a href="http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/google-european-commission-and-disruptive-technological-change-by-eric-schmidt-2015-01#yMSC5IlY7sHATDCO.99" target="_blank">Project Syndicate</a>, Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, writes:&nbsp;<span>"At the time, it was the most popular search query we had ever seen. But we had no surefire way of getting users exactly what they wanted: J.Lo wearing that dress."</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>As a result, Schmidt says, "Google Image Search was born."</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Schmidt further explained how Google expanded from just text to images:</span></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span><span><span>Our co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin – like all other successful inventors – kept iterating. They started with images. After all, people wanted more than just text. This first became apparent after the 2000 Grammy Awards, where Jennifer Lopez wore a green dress that, well, caught the world’s attention.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/645542/jennifer-lopez-almost-flashes-her-vagina-on-instagram-says-she-wants-a-small-part-of-google-s-earnings-from-image-search?cmpid=emn-041315-enewsletter-title-latest-2" target="_blank">E! News</a><span>&nbsp;recently asked Lopez if she knew she inspired the&nbsp;<span>photo-based search tool, to which she responded,&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"I heard that, who knew?!"&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span>But Lopez has yet to receive any compensation for her contribution.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">I'm a little bit upset about it," she joked. "I'm sure Versace's in on it as well."</span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>When asked whether or not she wished she had gotten something from it, she teased, "Just a small part of it... a truck full of money."</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>Today, Google has thousands of options when looking for J.Lo's Grammys dress.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/555b56e7ecad045d73891f6a-1200-706/screen shot 2015-05-19 at 10.47.41 am.png" border="0" alt="Jennifer Lopez Versace dress google image search"><br></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jennifer-lopez-money-lesson-2014-11#ixzz3abDytp5L" >Here's The Critical Money Lesson That Shaped Jennifer Lopez's Career</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jennifer-lopezs-grammys-dress-inspired-google-image-search-2015-5#ixzz3anybaVeH#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/google-missed-buying-tesla-elon-musk-larry-page-2015-5">How Elon Musk saved Tesla in just two weeks when Google was about to buy it</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/jennifer-lopezs-grammys-dress-inspired-google-image-search-2015-5How Jennifer Lopez's infamous 2000 Grammys dress inspired Google image searchhttp://www.businessinsider.com/jennifer-lopezs-grammys-dress-inspired-google-image-search-2015-5
Tue, 19 May 2015 11:48:00 -0400Aly Weisman
<p>It was the year 2000 <span>—</span>&nbsp;seven years before anyone had <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0979911/" target="_blank">even heard of Kim Kardashian</a> or before Beyoncé <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/met-ball-2015-best-and-worst-dressed-2015-5#jay-z-and-beyonc-in-givenchy-made-quite-the-entrance-6" target="_blank">walked red carpets nearly nude</a>.</p>
<p>Up until this point, red carpets were fairly tame, fully clothed affairs.</p>
<p>That is, until Jennifer Lopez arrived to the 2000 Grammys in that now infamous green Versace gown with a neckline that plunged down to her naval; it was held together simply by fashion tape.</p>
<p><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/555b5639ecad04c466891f6d-1200-2000/jennifer lopez versace dress.jpg" border="0" alt="Jennifer Lopez Versace Dress"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">It was even Diddy-approved.</span></p>
<p><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5525a7366da811736cfef10c-1200-2000/ap00022301929.jpg" border="0" alt="JLO and Puffy"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">And before Kim Kardashian self-admittedly </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/17/kim-kardashian-butt-break-the-internet-paper-magazine" target="_blank">"broke the internet"</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> with her bare-bottom photos, J.Lo's dress really did.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/google-european-commission-and-disruptive-technological-change-by-eric-schmidt-2015-01#yMSC5IlY7sHATDCO.99" target="_blank">In an essay</a><span>&nbsp;published in January on <span></span><a href="http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/google-european-commission-and-disruptive-technological-change-by-eric-schmidt-2015-01#yMSC5IlY7sHATDCO.99" target="_blank">Project Syndicate</a>, Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, writes:&nbsp;<span>"At the time, it was the most popular search query we had ever seen. But we had no surefire way of getting users exactly what they wanted: J.Lo wearing that dress."</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>As a result, Schmidt says, "Google Image Search was born."</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Schmidt further explained how Google expanded from just text to images:</span></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span><span><span>Our co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin — like all other successful inventors — kept iterating. They started with images. After all, people wanted more than just text. This first became apparent after the 2000 Grammy Awards, where Jennifer Lopez wore a green dress that, well, caught the world’s attention.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/645542/jennifer-lopez-almost-flashes-her-vagina-on-instagram-says-she-wants-a-small-part-of-google-s-earnings-from-image-search?cmpid=emn-041315-enewsletter-title-latest-2" target="_blank">E! News</a><span>&nbsp;recently asked Lopez if she knew she inspired the&nbsp;<span>photo-based search tool, to which she responded,&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"I heard that, who knew?!"&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span>But Lopez has yet to receive any compensation for her contribution.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">I'm a little bit upset about it," she joked. "I'm sure Versace's in on it as well."</span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>When asked whether or not she wished she had gotten something from it, she teased, "Just a small part of it ... a truck full of money."</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>Today, Google has thousands of options when looking for J.Lo's Grammys dress.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/555b56e7ecad045d73891f6a-1200-706/screen shot 2015-05-19 at 10.47.41 am.png" border="0" alt="Jennifer Lopez Versace dress google image search"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jennifer-lopez-money-lesson-2014-11#ixzz3abDytp5L" >Here's The Critical Money Lesson That Shaped Jennifer Lopez's Career</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jennifer-lopezs-grammys-dress-inspired-google-image-search-2015-5#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/google-missed-buying-tesla-elon-musk-larry-page-2015-5">How Elon Musk saved Tesla in just two weeks when Google was about to buy it</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/pop-music-hasnt-been-this-white-since-1981-2015-2Pop music hasn't been this white since 1981http://www.businessinsider.com/pop-music-hasnt-been-this-white-since-1981-2015-2
Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:29:19 -0500Ross Keith
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/54db9017eab8ea7038fac3f4-1200-924/beck-kanye-west-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Beck Kanye West"></p><p></p>
<p>The Grammy for most dramatic moment definitely went to Kanye West this year for storming the stage in outrage after Beck beat Beyonce for album of the year.</p>
<p>But West was just one person giving voice to an issue that, apparently, has been on many minds.</p>
<p>Shortly after, Twitter users began demanding&nbsp;#JusticeForBeyoncé.</p>
<p>Many, including West, questioned whether race played a part in the decision, adding to the chorus of initial&nbsp;<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/do-the-grammys-have-a-race-problem-20150205" target="_blank">criticism</a>&nbsp;over the general whiteness of the nominations.</p>
<p>And it turns out that the awards show has been getting paler for a long time.</p>
<p>In fact, a close look at the data reveals that the Grammys—and popular music in general—are whiter than they’ve been in 35 years.</p>
<p>Here’s how the Grammy nominations in four major categories—record, album, song and best new artist of the year—break down historically&nbsp;by&nbsp;race:</p>
<p><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/54db8f9e6bb3f73605802498-800-542/grammyracebreakdown.r63044715679.png" border="0" alt="GrammyRaceBreakdown.r63044715679"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">But the&nbsp;trend isn’t necessarily exclusive to the Grammys—or to the out-of-touch voters who&nbsp;make up the Recording Academy. We crunched the numbers on Billboard’s Hot 100 list over the past 50 years, too. And the picture is&nbsp;almost identical.</span></p>
<p><span><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/54db8fcd69bedd8e44fd9830-800-542/billboardracebreakdown.r44188065284.png" border="0" alt="BillboardRaceBreakdown.r44188065284"></span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The recent drop&nbsp;in diversity comes after a long climb&nbsp;toward equality.&nbsp;The end of the civil rights era saw the number of black nominees and winners take a dive—a slump paralleled on the Billboard charts—which only got worse during the disco inferno of ’70s,&nbsp;the low water mark for racial diversity in modern pop music.</span></p>
<p>In 1984, the Grammys stretched toward parity as Michael Jackson took home a record-breaking eight awards. And by 1989, the number of&nbsp;black artists nominated&nbsp;(13)&nbsp;actually exceeded the number of white artists nominated (7) for the first time.</p>
<p>Through the ’90s, Grammy nominations and wins stayed fairly level, but black artists on the Billboard charts&nbsp;exploded.</p>
<p>Then something happened in the mid-2000s, when the presence of black artists on the charts and the Grammy rolls went into&nbsp;sharp decline.&nbsp;Even as the number of other races has climbed, white artists have felt the strongest gains and black artists the steepest losses.</p>
<p>2013 was the first year there wasn’t&nbsp;<a href="http://massappeal.com/no-black-artist-topped-the-billboard-top-100-chart-in-2013/" target="_blank">a single black artist</a>&nbsp;with a No. 1&nbsp;single on the Billboard Hot 100, the only&nbsp;time that’s happened since Billboard started making the charts. Black artists represented less than a quarter of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2014, which puts the year on par with the late 1960s. 2015 isn’t looking much better.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, a black artist hasn’t won a Grammy in any of the four major categories since 2010.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/pop-music-hasnt-been-this-white-since-1981-2015-2#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/why-men-cheat-affair-love-sex-psychotherapist-2015-1">Research Reveals Why Men Cheat, And It's Not What You Think</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/kim-kardashian-grammy-selfies-2015-2Kim Kardashian used an iPhone light to take incredible Grammy selfieshttp://www.businessinsider.com/kim-kardashian-grammy-selfies-2015-2
Mon, 09 Feb 2015 12:31:00 -0500Aly Weisman
<p><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/54d8e821ecad041758e404d2-1200-800/kim%20karadashian%20selfie%20chrissy%20teigen%20john%20legend%202.jpg" border="0" alt="KIm Karadashian selfie Chrissy Teigen John Legend grammys 2015"></p><p>Kim Kardashian takes her selfies very seriously, she even has an entire published <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kim-Kardashian-Selfish/dp/0789329204" target="_blank">book full of them</a>.</p>
<p>So it's no surprise that Grammy-goer and The Hollywood Reporter executive editor, Matthew Belloni, caught Kardashian using SELFIE LIGHTS on her iPhone.</p>
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Funny: Kim Kardashian's phone lights up to give her optimal lighting for selfies. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Grammys?src=hash">#Grammys</a> <a href="http://t.co/6uHaha90Wr">pic.twitter.com/6uHaha90Wr</a> </p>— Matthew Belloni (@THRMattBelloni) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/564619439597813760">February 9, 2015</a>
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<p class="embed-spacer">Companies like <a href="http://lumeecase.com/" target="_blank">LuMee</a> actually make illuminated iPhone cases that allow users to snap selfies with more ideal lighting. Want to take selfies like Kim? It will only set you back around <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=lumee&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=thebusiinsi-20&amp;url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;linkId=YJHHOVERIZ7SQB4F" target="_blank">$45</a>.</p>
<p class="embed-spacer">Kardashian had a field day with the selfies during Sunday night's Grammy Awards.</p>
<p class="embed-spacer">This one with Chrissy Teigen and John Legend in the background she posted to Instagram with the caption: "<span>This is the Beck won that award face?!?!?!"</span></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer">Getty caught more photos of Kim's many takes:</p>
<p><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/54d8e8216da8113f550c4644-1961-1304/kim%20karadashian%20selfie%20chrissy%20teigen%20john%20legend.jpg" border="0" alt="KIm Karadashian selfie Chrissy Teigen John Legend grammys 2015">A match made in heaven, as Teigen isn't one to shy away from a selfie, either. Now the model just needs one of Kim's attachable lights!</p>
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Mon, 09 Feb 2015 11:35:00 -0500Aly Weisman
<p>Grammy viewers&nbsp;began to panic Sunday&nbsp;<span>(</span><a href="https://vine.co/v/OUvAvAYQm6I" target="_blank">including Jay Z</a><span>)&nbsp;</span>as Kanye West <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/kanye-west-almost-grabbed-becks-best-album-grammy-2015-2" target="_blank">briefly crashed the stage</a> after Beck won best album over Kanye's pal Beyoncé.</p>
<p><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/54d8352eecad04147f198bc5-670-377/kanye_grammys.jpg" border="0" alt="Kanye West Beck Grammy Awards">But&nbsp;Kanye quickly sat back down, smiling in acknowledgement that this stunt was just a reference to<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;the 2009 incident in which the rapper took over the stage of the MTV Video Music Awards when Taylor Swift beat Beyoncé.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">While Kanye's latest antics were initially <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/kanye-west-almost-grabbed-becks-best-album-grammy-2015-2" target="_blank">played off as a joke</a>, it turns out he was actually pretty peeved about Beck's win.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">During an appearance on the "E! After Party" after the Grammys telecast, <a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/623519/kanye-west-goes-off-on-beck-s-grammy-win-he-should-have-given-his-award-to-beyonce" target="_blank">Kanye went on a major rant</a>, saying: "<span>Beck needs to respect artistry and he should have given his award to Beyoncé."</span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/54d8dd526bb3f74f6089ad7c-1200-632/screen shot 2015-02-09 at 11.15.12 am.png" border="0" alt="Kanye West mad Kim Kardashian">Kanye continued to slam the Grammys:<br></span></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">All I know is if the Grammys want real artists to keep coming back, they need to stop playing with us. We ain't gonna play with them no more. 'Flawless,' Beyoncé video. Beck needs to respect artistry and he should have given his award to Beyoncé, and at this point, we tired of it.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Because what happens is, when you keep on diminishing art and not respecting the craft and smacking people in the face after they deliver monumental feats of music, you're disrespectful to inspiration, and we as musicians have to inspire people who go to work every day and they listen to that Beyoncé album and they feel like it takes them to another place.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Then they do this whole promotional event … and they're running music over somebody's speech, the artist, because they want commercial advertising. Like, no, we not playing with them no more! By the way, I got my wife, my daughter and my clothing line, so I'm not going to do nothing to put my daughter at risk but I am here to fight for creativity. That's the reason why I didn't say anything tonight. But you all know what it meant when 'Ye walks on the stage.</p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Kim Kardashian stayed silent <a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/623519/kanye-west-goes-off-on-beck-s-grammy-win-he-should-have-given-his-award-to-beyonce" target="_blank">throughout her husband's rant</a>&nbsp;but looked pretty mortified.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/54d8db92eab8ea210f631f5f/kim kardashian awkward kanye west.gif" border="0" alt="Kim Kardashian awkward Kanye West GIF">&nbsp;<br>Beck, meanwhile, is taking Kanye's comments in stride.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"I was just so excited he was coming up. He deserves to be on stage as much as anybody,"&nbsp;Beck <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/beck-responds-to-kanye-wests-shade-agrees-beyonce-should-have-won-201592" target="_blank">told Us Weekly</a> when asked how he felt about West's crashing the stage.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"How many great records has he put out in the last five years right?"</span></p>
<p><span>Even though Kanye said Beyoncé should have won? "Absolutely," the musician replied. "I thought she was going to win. Come on, she's Beyoncé!"</span></p>
<p>Beck then further killed Kanye with kindness, adding: "You can’t please everybody, man. I still love him and think he's genius. I aspire to do what he does."</p>
<p><strong>Watch Kanye's full rant below:</strong></p>
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Mon, 09 Feb 2015 01:34:39 -0500Kirsten Acuna
<p><span>If you tuned in to the Grammys Sunday night, you may have noticed Katy Perry and pal, singer Ferras, sporting a pair of devil horns at the start of the awards show.</span></p>
<p><span><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/54d8412e6da811261d705510-1200-1200/katy-perry-devil-horn.jpg" border="0" alt="katy perry devil horn grammys"></span><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/54d841376da8118c1e70550e-4928-3280/katy-perry-grammys.jpg" border="0" alt="katy perry grammys" style="line-height: 1.5em;"></p>
<p><span>The next time we saw Perry, the horns were noticeably gone, but many fans and viewers online were confused by the look.</span></p>
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<p><span>The horns weren't Perry's idea.</span></p>
<p><span>The horns went along with the AC/DC performance of "Highway to Hell" which opened the show. </span></p>
<p><span>Look closely and the horns say AC/DC on them.</span></p>
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<p><span>It looks like all audience members at the Grammys had their own pair of light-up horns on their seats.</span></p>
<p><span>Take a closer look at one of the other photos of Perry again, and you can easily notice dozens of people in the background sporting the light-up devil horns, too.</span></p>
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<p><span>There's a good reason you didn't see the horns for the rest of the show or on other celebrities. </span></p>
<p><span>The Grammy show politely banned them from being worn during the rest of the awards ceremony. </span></p>
<p><span>A message on a prompter read, "Ladies &amp; Gentlemen: The devil horns are yours to keep, but please put them away for the rest of the show. Thank you."</span></p>
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Mon, 09 Feb 2015 01:23:00 -0500Kirsten Acuna
<p class="p1">Back in 2009, Kanye West quickly earned the hatred of many Taylor Swift fans when he interrupted Swift's win for best female video at the MTV Video Music Awards.</p>
<p class="p1">West took stage during Swift's acceptance speech, stealing the microphone, to say "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFSY4Mda_18">I'mma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time.</a>"</p>
<p class="p1">Entering Sunday's Grammy Awards, the two had not been photographed together since, and you never saw interaction between the two artists.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="p1">That seemingly changed Sunday when West and Swift appeared to put that all behind them.</p>
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<p class="p1">The photo was in stark contrast to this moment from 2009.</p>
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<p class="p1">It looks as if West and Swift have shaken off any bad blood.<br><br><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/54d850a46bb3f799214c252e-1200-2000/kanye-west-taylor-swift-grammys-2015.jpg" border="0" alt="kanye west taylor swift grammys 2015" style="line-height: 1.5em;"></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/grammys-devil-horns-2015-2" >Why Katy Perry was wearing light-up devil horns at the Grammys</a></strong></p>
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Mon, 09 Feb 2015 00:31:00 -0500Aly Weisman
<p>Taylor Swift is never one to shy away from a little dancing in her seat during awards shows.</p>
<p>Sunday night's Grammy Awards were no exception.</p>
<p><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/54d84446eab8ea9f19546e9a/anigif_enhanced-6576-1423449419-2.gif" border="0" alt="taylor swift dancing grammys gif"><br><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">But one person did not seem amused by Swift's moves. Cue Pharrell's major side-eye.</span></p>
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<p><br>The above Vine has since gone viral and has been played nearly 3 million times in just a few hours.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/kanye-west-almost-grabbed-becks-best-album-grammy-2015-2#ixzz3RDmysFbh" >Kanye West almost grabbed Beck's best album Grammy onstage</a></strong></p>
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Sun, 08 Feb 2015 23:55:00 -0500Aly Weisman
<p>Beck surprised Grammy viewers and musicians alike Sunday night by beating out Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, and Pharrell for the show's biggest award <span>—</span> best album.</p>
<p>As soon as Prince read Beck's name ...</p>
<p><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/54d83ac0ecad048619198bc5-1200-924/prince-grammys.jpg" border="0" alt="Prince grammys">Kanye West <span>— </span>who notoriously rushed the stage at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards after Taylor Swift won b<span>est female video over Beyoncé <span>— then jokingly began to crash Beck's acceptance speech. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span>But he quickly turned around and went back to his seat, with a big smile on his face.</span></span></p>
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Sun, 08 Feb 2015 22:09:00 -0500Aly Weisman
<p>Paul McCartney got a little more air time on the Grammys than he expected.</p>
<p>It all started when Ed Sheeran and ELO's Jeff Lynne performed "Evil Woman."</p>
<p><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/54d820fa6da8117f47705511-1200-924/eol band grammys ed sheerhan.jpg" border="0" alt="EOL band grammys ed sheerhan">The majority of the crowd was a little young to know <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R20f-TPKjzc" target="_blank">the 1975 hit</a>, but not 72-year-old Paul McCartney!<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br></span></p>
<p>McCartney stood up, shook his hips, clapped his hands, and sang along to "Evil Woman" as the two rocked out on stage.</p>
<p>But as soon as McCartney realized the audience camera was pointed directly at him, the Beatle went into a panic and hurriedly sat down, his embarrassment palpable from viewers' couches.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>McCartney then quickly returned to the comfort of his seat next to wife Nancy Shevell.<img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/54d82204eab8eac611546e95-1200-2000/paul mccartney wife.jpg" border="0" alt="paul mccartney wife Nancy Shevell" style="line-height: 1.5em;">Later in the show, McCartney regained his confidence and joined Kanye West and Rihanna onstage for "Four Five Seconds."</p>
<p><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/54d82a6c69bedda535db87de-1200-800/paul mccartney kanye west rihanna.jpg" border="0" alt="Paul Mccartney kanye west rihanna"></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/grammy-awards-craziest-outfits-2015-2?op=1#ixzz3RD9URt3k" >The most ridiculous outfits at tonight's Grammy Awards</a></strong></p>
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Sun, 08 Feb 2015 18:57:00 -0500Aly Weisman
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/54d7f252ecad043c10198bbf-1200-924/madonna-grammys-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Madonna grammys"></p><p>The 57th annual Grammy Awards took place Sunday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.</p>
<p>While artists like Kanye West, Rihanna, and Katy Perry all performed, the real attraction was on the red carpet.</p><h3>Kanye West with Kim Kardashian, in Jean Paul Gaultier.</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>Beyoncé arrived in an all-black Proenza Schouler dress.</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>Rihanna rocked a poofy pink Giambattista Valli gown on the red carpet ...</h3>
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Sun, 08 Feb 2015 17:36:19 -0500Mallory Schlossberg
<p><a href="http://www.grammy.com/nominees"><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/54d27c9b6bb3f75e7a7bb1d5-1200-600/hozier.jpg" border="0" alt="HOZIER">The Grammys</a> are tonight and that means it's time to familiarize yourself with some artists.</p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Here are a few need-to-know artists who are going up against the venerable Beyonc<span>é</span>, the popular Taylor Swift, and the ubiquitous Pharrell. Some of these artists are viable competitors!</span></p>
<p><strong>1. Hozier</strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong>What he's nominated for: </strong>Song of The Year<strong><br>What you should know: </strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The Irish singer is responsible what might be the best song of the year, "Take Me To Church." The song was actually released in 2013, and the video made waves for its depiction of sexuality and its open critique of those who condemn homosexuality. In <a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/03/qa-hozier-on-gay-rights-sex-good-hair.html" target="_blank">an excellent interview with The Cut</a>, Hozier (full name: Andrew Hozier-Byrne) clarified what the song was about. He said:</span></p>
<p class="embed-spacer" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span>"Take Me to Church" is essentially about sex, but it's a tongue-in-cheek attack at organizations that would … well, it's about sex and it's about humanity, and obviously sex and humanity are incredibly tied. Sexuality, and sexual orientation — regardless of orientation — is just natural. An act of sex is one of the most human things. But an organization like the church, say, through its doctrine, would undermine humanity by successfully teaching shame about sexual orientation — that it is sinful, or that it offends God. The song is about asserting yourself and reclaiming your humanity through an act of love. Turning your back on the theoretical thing, something that's not tangible, and choosing to worship or love something that is tangible and real — something that can be experienced.</span></span></p>
<p class="embed-spacer"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Hozier has also recently made viral waves for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nox3Oswbbk" target="_blank">a video</a> which features him covering Ariana Grande's "Problem."</span></p>
<p class="embed-spacer"><strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">2. Sia</span></strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What she's nominated for: </strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Record of The Year, Song of The Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Music Video<br></span><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> "Chandelier" was played all over the radio this summer, and its corresponding video wowed audiences, but Sia didn't emerge from out of nowhere. In fact, the songerwriter, who often is credited as Sia Furler, has written </span><a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/1862623/sia-songs-beyonce/" target="_blank">scores of hit pop songs </a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">for Beyonce, Rihanna, and more. 2014 was the year she took center stage, and it could pay off — <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2015/6458383/spotify-predicts-pharrell-sia-will-win-grammys" target="_blank">Billboard reported</a> Spotify predicts "Chandelier" will take home some of the top prizes.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
<p><strong>3. Childish Gambino</strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What he's nominated for: </strong>Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Album<br><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know: </strong>If he looks familiar to you, there's a reason — Childish Gambino is actor and comedian Donald Glover, who you probably know from "Community." He has gained significant success and popularity as a rapper. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-glover-shares-his-hotel-stationary-confessions-on-instagram-2013-10" target="_blank">He revealed some of his fears</a> about his career, relationships, and this very album on Instagram in late 2013. <a href="http://mic.com/articles/101692/19-lyrics-prove-donald-glover-is-one-of-the-most-clever-rappers-in-hip-hop">Mic also took the time</a> to point out that the comedian's way with words transfers to his lyrics — his rhymes are chock full of wordplay.</p>
<p><strong>4. Haim</strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What they're nominated for: </strong>Best New Artist<strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br>What you should know:</strong> The band actually gained attention in 2013 — people started taking notice of this indie-pop girl group after the women<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/haim-snl-performances-video-2013-11" target="_blank"> performed on Saturday Night Live</a>. The band is composed of three sisters, and <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/how-haims-three-geeky-sisters-became-the-years-coolest-new-band-20131112" target="_blank">Rolling Stone profiled their meteoric rise</a> at the end of 2013.<a href="http://www.spin.com/reviews/haim-days-are-gone-columbia/" target="_blank"> SPIN</a> called the band's debut album, "Days Are Gone," "<span>one of the most ruthlessly proficient pieces of music to come out this year." </span></p>
<p class="embed-spacer"><strong>5. Sam Smith</strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What he's nominated for: </strong>Record of The Year, Album of The Year, Song of The Year, Best New Artist, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album<strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br></strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know: </strong><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-sam-smith-top-new-face-in-grammy-nominations-2014-12" target="_blank">Smith is pegged to take home plenty of awards.</a> It's like you're familar with his massive hit, "Stay With Me," and his excellent and emotional album, "In The Lonely Hour." Smith recently received some attention from the media when word surfaced that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sam-smith-pays-tom-petty-royalties-over-stay-with-me-2015-1" target="_blank">he has to pay Tom Petty royalties</a> for "Stay With Me," since it sounds so much like Petty's "I Won't Back Down."</p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What he's nominated for: </strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Album of The Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Song Written for Visual Media<br></span><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know: </strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"I See Fire" gained popularity with "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," but Sheeran became a star in his own right this year." Sheeran is also<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/maggyvaneijk/please-can-taylor-and-ed-adopt-me#.sdM1N28B5N" target="_blank"> friends with fellow-nominee Taylor Swift.</a></span></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What she's nominated for: </strong>Record of The Year, Song of The Year<strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br></strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> You heard "All About That Bass" all summer long, and Trainor is the woman behind the body acceptance anthem. The song prompted a bevy of <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/10/14/all_about_that_bass_by_meghan_trainor_is_still_no_1_on_billboard_why_video.html" target="_blank">thinkpieces</a>, <a href="http://feministing.com/2014/08/06/why-meghan-trainors-body-acceptance-anthem-all-about-that-bass-is-disappointing/" target="_blank">criticism,</a> <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3039830/the-recommender/we-have-officially-hit-peak-all-about-that-bass-parody" target="_blank">parodies</a>, and more, but its catchy tune landed her two major nominations. But can the rest of Trainor's music — including the similarly-sounding <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDc_5zpBj7s" target="_blank">"Lips Are Movin" </a>— gain the success that "All About That Bass" did?</span></p>
<p><strong>8. Bastille<br></strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong>What they're nominated for: Best New Artist<br>What you should know: </strong>That song that played all year wasn't called "If You Close Your Eyes" — it's actually called "Pompeii." In fact, it was released in 2013. </p>
<p><strong>9. Brandy Clark</strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What she's nominated for: </strong>Best New Artist, Best Country Album<strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br></strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> She's the only contender in the Best Country Album category who's also nominated for a Best New Artist award. That might because she's not so new to the country game. Even though her album, "12 Stories," marks her debut a solo artist, she's a seasoned pro when it comes to writing country songs. In fact, similarly to pop music's hitmaker-turned-solo artist, Sia, </span><a href="http://www.brandyclarkmusic.com/bio" target="_blank">Clark has written songs </a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">for other artists, such as Reba McEntire, Kenny Rogers, Sheryl Crow, Darius Rucker, and more.</span></p>
<p><strong>10. St. Vincent</strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What she's nominated for: </strong>Best Alternative Music Album <strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br></strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know: </strong>This is St. Vincent's first Grammy nomination, even though her debut album, "Marry Me," was released in 2007. St. Vincent (real name: Annie Clark) was dubbed "Our David Bowie" by <a href="http://www.gq.com/entertainment/music/201502/st-vincent-luxembourg" target="_blank">GQ Magazine</a> for her massive guitar-playing talents and proclivity for writing unique songs.</p>
<p><strong>11. Alt-J</strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What they're nominated for: </strong>Best Alternative Music Album<strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br></strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know: </strong><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/how-alt-j-sold-a-million-records-and-made-miley-a-fan-20141127" target="_blank">Rolling Sonte noted </a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">that the British band counts Miley Cyrus as one of its fans (it helps that the band sampled one of her tracks on their recent album, "This Is All Yours"). The band is known for blending a wide variety of musical styles in their tracks.</span></p>
<p><strong>12. ScHoolboy Q<br></strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What he's nominated for: </strong>Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Best Rap Album<br><strong>What you should know:</strong> ScHoolboy Q has been around for a few years, but now he's getting some more attention. When <a href="http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19043-schoolboy-q-oxymoron/" target="_blank">Pitchfork's Craig Jenkins</a> reviewed Schoolboy Q's now-nominated album, "Oxymoron," he wrote:</p>
<p class="embed-spacer" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>ScHoolboy Q specializes in hairpin turns from cautionary street tales and remorseful reflection into wanton bacchanal, and </span><em>Oxymoron</em><span> is essentially a volleyball match between his warring proclivities ... <em>Oxymoron</em><span> is a victory in that Q’s sound has made the jump to the majors fully intact in an era where major label debuts often take a chop shop approach to assembly.</span></span></p>
<p class="embed-spacer"><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni9R66trJFg" target="_blank">DJ Premier commented</a> that ScHoolboy Q should take the prize for Best Rap Album over rap-pop star, Iggy Azalea.</span></p>
<p><strong>13. Ledisi<br></strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What she's nominated for: </strong>Best R&amp;B Performance<strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br></strong><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What you should know: </strong>Ledisi is up against Beyonce, Usher, Chris Brown, and Jennifer Hudson, which is huge competition. Her nominated song, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzXK_qS_IDQ" target="_blank">"Like This,"</a> only has just over 100,000 views on YouTube. But even though the 42-year-old songstress may not be as mainstream as her competition is, she still has received ample praise. <a href="http://www.npr.org/event/music/343213782/ledisi-steals-the-show" target="_blank">NPR noted </a>that her performance at the Essence Music Festival "stopped the whole thing dead."</p>
<p><strong>14. Jhen<span>é</span> Aiko<br></strong></p>
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<p class="embed-spacer"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">What she's nominated for:</strong> Best R&amp;B Song, Best Urban Contemporary Album, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration<strong style="line-height: 1.5em;"><br>What you should know:</strong> Aiko has been singing for awhile, but many took notice when <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy4Z9lnWmBw" target="_blank">she sang alongside Drake</a> during his "Saturday Night Live" performance in January 2014. <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6243703/jhene-aiko-souled-out-track-by-track-review" target="_blank">Billboard </a>celebrated her debut studio album with plenty of accolades:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">On Aiko's major label debut, "Souled Out," the cuts run deep, searing with spite and indifference. Often, she's calling a love interest out on his missteps. Even more, she looks inward, chronicling her wearisome romantic history. The bulk of the 12-song set is delivered in a quiet fashion, in the way the emotionless speak when their well's run dry. [...] "Souled Out"<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> is an insular album, not meant to spill from nightclub speakers or queued up on playlists at house parties. It's 'party of one' music to overthink with and lines to quote when angry at a significant other--the soundtrack for hard times.</span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-sam-smith-top-new-face-in-grammy-nominations-2014-12" >Sam Smith top new face in Grammy nominations</a></strong></p>
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Wed, 29 Jan 2014 15:43:00 -0500Kirsten Acuna
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/52e961f06bb3f71f0e33b5df-480-/stevie-wonder-pharrell-grammys.jpg" border="0" alt="stevie wonder pharrell grammys" width="480" style="float: right;" /></p><p>Daft Punk and Lorde were the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/complete-list-of-grammy-winners-2014-1" target="_blank">big winners at the Grammys</a> Sunday evening, but the big song everyone was listening to after the awards' show was one from Stevie Wonder.</p>
<p>Spotify tracked songs streamed from Sunday to Monday and found streams of Wonder's&nbsp;"<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuHgs8aHFJ4" target="_blank">Another Star</a>" saw a 635% increase in the US, according to data shared with Business Insider.</p>
<p><span>Wonder performed the 1977 song with Record of the Year&nbsp;winners Daft Punk during the ceremony.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Daft Punk songs also saw saw an increase of 205% plays, according to the streaming service.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p>Other songs that had the biggest spikes in streams included Beyonc&eacute;'s "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1JPKLa-Ofc" target="_blank">Drunk in Love</a>" (52% increase) <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/beyonce-jay-z-grammys-performance-2014-1" target="_blank">after her opening performance</a>, Chicago's "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBuUUBrC9eQ" target="_blank">Does Anybody Know What Time It Is?</a>" (150%) that was performed by Robin Thicke, and Metallica's "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5YPrEN6SM8" target="_blank">One</a>" (125%) they performed with Lang Lang.</p>
<p>Here are artists who Spotify saw an increase in streaming activity for in that time frame. Most surprising is that a lot of people listened to Taylor Swift despite her heading out with any Grammy wins and that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-kacey-musgraves-2014-1" target="_blank">Kacey Musgraves &mdash; the country singer who beat out Swift for two awards</a>&nbsp;&mdash; doesn't make the cut below.</p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Paul McCartney: 126%</span></p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span class="s1">&nbsp;</span>Kendrick Lamar: 99%</p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">Taylor Swift: 67%</p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">Macklemore: 65%</p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">Metallica: 63%</p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">Keith Urban: 60%</p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">Pharrell: 54%</p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;"><span class="s1">&nbsp;</span>Lorde: 46%</p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">Imagine Dragons: 37%</p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">Madonna: 28%</p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">Katy Perry: 25%</p>
<p class="p1" style="padding-left: 30px;">Robin Thicke: 26%<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p>Check out the Grammy performance of "Another Star" below:<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/another-star-spikes-spotify-after-grammys-2014-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/amber-rose-covered-her-tattoos-for-the-grammys-2014-1Amber Rose Covered Her Tattoos For The Grammyshttp://www.businessinsider.com/amber-rose-covered-her-tattoos-for-the-grammys-2014-1
Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:49:00 -0500Aly Weisman
<p>Model Amber Rose attended last night's Grammy Awards on the arm of her husband, rapper Wiz Khalifa.</p>
<p>But there was something noticeably different about the red-carpet staple and new mom <span>&mdash;</span>&nbsp;her many tattoos were nowhere to be seen.</p>
<p>Normally, much of Rose's arms are covered in ink:</p>
<p><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/52e6a3e2eab8eac62e01af9c-800-/screen%20shot%202014-01-27%20at%201.21.50%20pm.png" border="0" alt="Amber Rose" width="800" /></p>
<p>But at last night's Grammy's, Rose covered her tattoos using heavy makeup:</p>
<p><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/52e6a441eab8ea4b3101af9c-1020-726/screen%20shot%202014-01-27%20at%201.23.24%20pm.png" border="0" alt="Amber rose wiz khalifa" width="800" /></p>
<p>Here's what her right arm usually looks like:</p>
<p><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/52e6a69beab8eacc3501af9e-480-319/screen%20shot%202014-01-27%20at%201.33.19%20pm.png" border="0" alt="Amber Rose" width="800" /></p>
<p>You can see the ink lightly showing through during last night's big show.</p>
<p><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/52e6a4d36bb3f7e22101afa0-1102-724/screen%20shot%202014-01-27%20at%201.25.48%20pm.png" border="0" alt="Amber Rose Wiz Khalifa" width="800" /></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/pharrells-ridiculous-grammy-hat-became-an-internet-meme-2014-1#ixzz2rckaJyVO" >Pharrell's Ridiculous Grammy Hat Became An Internet Meme After Arby's Made Fun Of Him On Twitter </a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/amber-rose-covered-her-tattoos-for-the-grammys-2014-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/macklemore-texted-kendrick-lamar-grammys-2014-1Macklemore Texted Kendrick Lamar And Apologized For Winning A Grammyhttp://www.businessinsider.com/macklemore-texted-kendrick-lamar-grammys-2014-1
Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:19:00 -0500Caroline Moss
<p>The 56th Annual Grammy Awards took place last night and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' &ldquo;The Heist&rdquo; beat out Kendrick Lamar&rsquo;s critically-acclaimed &ldquo;Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City&rdquo; for best rap album.</p>
<p>Not only were rap fans displeased with this news, but it seems Macklemore himself felt it necessary to text an apology to Lamar, and then take a screen shot of that text and post it to Instagram.</p>
<p>On Instagram, Macklemore captioned the photo,</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">&ldquo;My text to Kendrick after the show. He deserved best rap album&hellip; I&rsquo;m honored and completely blown away to win anything much less 4 Grammys. But in that category, he should have won IMO. And that&rsquo;s taking nothing away from The Heist. Just giving GKMC it&rsquo;s proper respect.. With that being said, thank you to the fans. You&rsquo;re the reason we were on that stage tonight. And to play Same Love on that platform was a career highlight. The greatest honor of all. That&rsquo;s what this is about. Progress and art. Thank you. #grammys&rdquo;</p>
<p>Here's the text. We imagine Lamar responded with a simple "K."</p>
<p><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/52e69eaaeab8ea192101afa1-596-602/screen shot 2014-01-27 at 12.59.06 pm.png" border="0" alt="Macklemore text" /></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/macklemore-texted-kendrick-lamar-grammys-2014-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-kacey-musgraves-2014-1Everything You Need To Know About Kacey Musgraves — The Girl Who Beat Out Taylor Swift For Best Country Albumhttp://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-kacey-musgraves-2014-1
Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:33:00 -0500Kirsten Acuna
<p class="p1"><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/52e67a1b6bb3f7674601afa7-480-/kacey%20musgraves%20grammys.jpg" border="0" alt="kacey musgraves grammys" width="480" style="float: right;" /></p><p>Kacey Musgraves may <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/grammys-best-and-worst-dressed-2014-2014-1" target="_blank">not have won any awards for her colorful, bedazzled dress</a> at the Grammys last night, but she did make waves by beating out Taylor Swift for Best Country Album and Best Country Song of the year.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1">If you've never heard of the country singer, here's a quick crash course on what you need to know about the Grammy winner.</p>
<p class="p2">Expect to hear a lot more from her in the future.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>1. She's been around since 2008.</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1">Musgraves stepped onto the country scene in '08 releasing her first self-titled indie album a year earlier. However, she didn't get any big recognition until last year when two singles "Apologize" and "See You Again" were released along with her Grammy-winning album, "Same Trailer Different Park."</p>
<p class="p1">This marked the first year the country singer was up for Grammys.</p>
<p class="p1">Musgraves co-wrote every song on the album.</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>2. She's older than Taylor Swift.</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1">Don't let that kiddie frock fool you. At 25, Musgraves is a half a year older than Swift.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>3. These are her most-listened-to songs.</strong></p>
<p class="p1">Not familiar with Musgraves' music? These are her most-listened-to songs on Spotify:</p>
<p class="p1">"<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZfj2Ir3GgQ" target="_blank">Merry Go 'Round</a>"<br />The song was named number one by Billboard for <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/5847693/10-best-country-singles-of-2013-top-songs?list_page=1" target="_blank">Best Country Singles of 2013</a>.<br />"<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ8xqyoZXCc" target="_blank">Follow Your Arrow</a>"<br />"<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEsEUpk5rU8" target="_blank">Blowin' Smoke</a>"<br />"<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YNT8B2kECw&amp;list=UUosnVpvQYMR58p8A8tBY-dw&amp;feature=c4-overview" target="_blank">Silver Lining</a>"<br />"<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo212zOUKxI" target="_blank">Keep it to Yourself</a>"</p>
<p class="p1">You've probably heard the first song and didn't realize it.</p>
<p><iframe width="620" height="360" frameborder="0" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/GZfj2Ir3GgQ?rel=0"></iframe></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>4. If you watch "Nashville" on ABC you may have heard a song co-written by Musgraves.</strong></p>
<p class="p1">Musgraves and artist Trent Dabbs co-wrote "Undermine" which <a href="http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/10/local-songwriter-trent-dabbs-gets-a-boost-from-abcs-nashville/">was featured on the show</a> and sung on air by Hayden Panettiere and Charles Esten.</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>5.&nbsp;She's a Texan.</strong></p>
<p class="p1">The singer calls the small town of Golden, Texas her home.</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>6.&nbsp;</strong><strong>She's been playing guitar since the age of 12.</strong></p>
<p class="p1">But she wrote her first song, "Notice Me," <a href="http://www.kaceymusgraves.com/about" target="_blank">at the age of nine</a>.</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>7.&nbsp;She was on "Nashville Star."&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p class="p2">Musgraves finished in seventh place during season 5 of the USA network series.</p>
<p><iframe width="620" height="360" frameborder="0" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/X2fnrc9kWIs?rel=0"></iframe></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>8. She seems like a pretty normal, silly, down to earth girl.</strong></p>
<p class="p2">She posts photos with her family and pets on Instagram and Vine.&nbsp;</p>
<p class="p1">Kacey and her mom:&nbsp;</p>
<p><iframe width="612" height="710" frameborder="0" src="//instagram.com/p/jmWG43jm8G/embed/"></iframe> <iframe width="612" height="710" frameborder="0" src="//instagram.com/p/iMs2IcDm3Q/embed/"></iframe> <iframe width="600" height="600" frameborder="0" src="https://vine.co/v/MuhvzBeTPnr/embed/simple"></iframe></p>
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<p class="p1">Watch her acceptance speech from last night below:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p><iframe width="620" height="360" frameborder="0" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RJ0z2Lj5Zig?rel=0"></iframe></p><p><strong>More Grammys:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/complete-list-of-grammy-winners-2014-1" >See all the winners from last night</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>AND:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-grammy-album-of-the-year-reaction-2014-1" >Taylor Swift's reaction when she thought she won Album of the Year</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-kacey-musgraves-2014-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/pharrells-ridiculous-grammy-hat-became-an-internet-meme-2014-1Pharrell's Ridiculous Grammy Hat Became An Internet Meme After Arby's Made Fun Of Him On Twitterhttp://www.businessinsider.com/pharrells-ridiculous-grammy-hat-became-an-internet-meme-2014-1
Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:07:00 -0500Aly Weisman
<p>Pharrell Williams may have <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/complete-list-of-grammy-winners-2014-1" target="_blank">taken home four Grammy awards</a> last night &mdash;&nbsp;including Producer of the Year &mdash;&nbsp;but all anyone was talking about was his <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/grammys-best-and-worst-dressed-2014-2014-1#worst-pharrell-williams-wearing-a-ridiculous-vivienne-westwood-hat-with-wife-helen-lasichanh-16" target="_blank">ridiculous</a>, oversized Vivienne Westwood hat.<img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/52e676c5eab8ea264901af9c-800-/pharrell-hat.png" border="0" alt="Pharrell Hat" width="800" style="color: #000000; font-size: 15px;" /></p>
<p><strong>First, it got its own Twitter account &mdash;&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/Pharrellhat" target="_blank">@Pharrellhat</a>&nbsp;&mdash; that in less than 24 hours has already amassed over 15,000 followers.</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/52e674e369bedd5a21bafaf1-568-585/screen%20shot%202014-01-27%20at%2010.01.22%20am.png" border="0" alt="Pharrell hat tweets" width="800" /></p>
<p><strong>Arby's quickly picked up on the fact that Pharrell's hat humorously resembled their logo:</strong></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<p>Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/Pharrell">@Pharrell</a>, can we have our hat back? <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23GRAMMYs&amp;src=hash">#GRAMMYs</a></p>
&mdash; Arby's (@Arbys) <a href="https://twitter.com/Arbys/statuses/427614008946855936">January 27, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<p>The Arby&rsquo;s Twitter Account Totally Called Out Pharrell&rsquo;s Insane Grammy&rsquo;s Hat &amp; It Was Awesome <a href="http://t.co/QTmMyYlk5u">http://t.co/QTmMyYlk5u</a> <a href="http://t.co/SPs7HLVz2G">pic.twitter.com/SPs7HLVz2G</a></p>
&mdash; BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuzzFeed/statuses/427628732006678528">January 27, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<p><strong>And Pharrell replied with an incredible response:</strong></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<p>Y'all tryna start a roast beef? 😄😘 "<a href="https://twitter.com/Arbys">@Arbys</a>: Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/Pharrell">@Pharrell</a>, can we have our hat back? <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23GRAMMYs&amp;src=hash">#GRAMMYs</a>&rdquo;</p>
&mdash; Pharrell Williams (@Pharrell) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pharrell/statuses/427733647081209856">January 27, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Then Gain got in on the action:</strong></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<p>.<a href="https://twitter.com/Pharrellhat">@pharrellhat</a> how embarrasing we're wearing the same thing. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23twinsies&amp;src=hash">#twinsies</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23mountie&amp;src=hash">#mountie</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23MusicToYourNose&amp;src=hash">#MusicToYourNose</a> <a href="http://t.co/x2id16ndNR">pic.twitter.com/x2id16ndNR</a></p>
&mdash; Gain Laundry (@Gain) <a href="https://twitter.com/Gain/statuses/427616388396503040">January 27, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Beyonc&eacute; was really excited to see the hat:</span></strong></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<p>Beyonce lays her eyes on Pharrell's hat, reacts accordingly <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Grammys&amp;src=hash">#Grammys</a> <a href="http://t.co/6LlaZFKN1N">pic.twitter.com/6LlaZFKN1N</a></p>
&mdash; BuzzFeedEntmnt (@BuzzFeedEnt) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedEnt/statuses/427659873497522176">January 27, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">But even she couldn't believe how ridiculous it was:</span></strong></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<p>.<a href="https://twitter.com/PauleyP">@PauleyP</a> bow down <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23GRAMMYs&amp;src=hash">#GRAMMYs</a> <a href="http://t.co/yFM3TD1qMz">pic.twitter.com/yFM3TD1qMz</a></p>
&mdash; Pharrell's Hat (@Pharrellhat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pharrellhat/statuses/427639900372877312">January 27, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<p><strong>All of the Internet quickly notice:</strong></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<p>.<a href="https://twitter.com/Pharrell">@Pharrell</a>'s hat is a HIT on Twitter cause Internet: <a href="http://t.co/EYVshPyB0o">http://t.co/EYVshPyB0o</a> <a href="http://t.co/n1kKMeChmN">pic.twitter.com/n1kKMeChmN</a></p>
&mdash; Billboard (@billboard) <a href="https://twitter.com/billboard/statuses/427640928351027202">January 27, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<p>Didn't watch <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TheGrammys&amp;src=hash">#TheGrammys</a>? Here's one thing you should know about the big show: Pharrell's hat. <a href="http://t.co/p6SZd93YMf">pic.twitter.com/p6SZd93YMf</a></p>
&mdash; People magazine (@peoplemag) <a href="https://twitter.com/peoplemag/statuses/427776939945103360">January 27, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<p>Pharrell's hat though. <a href="http://t.co/7n9JZqUnzf">http://t.co/7n9JZqUnzf</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Grammys&amp;src=hash">#Grammys</a> <a href="http://t.co/ogc48UsrYK">pic.twitter.com/ogc48UsrYK</a></p>
&mdash; Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cosmopolitan/statuses/427651292375556096">January 27, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<p>Sorry, Pharrell. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Grammys&amp;src=hash">#Grammys</a> <a href="http://t.co/luCOdkYyKP">http://t.co/luCOdkYyKP</a> <a href="http://t.co/mA8X97aNCc">pic.twitter.com/mA8X97aNCc</a></p>
&mdash; ELLE Magazine (US) (@ELLEmagazine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ELLEmagazine/statuses/427660586756104193">January 27, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<p>we think we may have figured out what is in Pharrell's hat <a href="http://t.co/BOKv3GVzlH">http://t.co/BOKv3GVzlH</a> <a href="http://t.co/xz14GZMCE0">pic.twitter.com/xz14GZMCE0</a></p>
&mdash; BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuzzFeed/statuses/427615167115849728">January 27, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<p>spring 2014 lookbook <a href="http://t.co/qya7Uh30SE">pic.twitter.com/qya7Uh30SE</a></p>
&mdash; Pharrell's Hat (@Pharrellhat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pharrellhat/statuses/427660830906126337">January 27, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<p>what if <a href="https://twitter.com/katyperry">@katyperry</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/taylorswift13">@taylorswift13</a> wore pharrell hats? <a href="http://t.co/BrPAAVXCAb">pic.twitter.com/BrPAAVXCAb</a></p>
&mdash; Pharrell's Hat (@Pharrellhat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pharrellhat/statuses/427626827490684928">January 27, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<p>the hat trick <a href="http://t.co/UzMlEv0qYl">pic.twitter.com/UzMlEv0qYl</a></p>
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<p>omw to the after party <a href="http://t.co/tsEmi2Uva4">pic.twitter.com/tsEmi2Uva4</a></p>
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<p>Who won the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23GRAMMYs&amp;src=hash">#GRAMMYs</a>? Duh, <a href="https://twitter.com/Pharrellhat">@Pharrellhat</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23infogrammys&amp;src=hash">#infogrammys</a> <a href="http://t.co/Pv1RpQOFRP">pic.twitter.com/Pv1RpQOFRP</a></p>
&mdash; MTV News (@MTVNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/MTVNews/statuses/427673485586878465">January 27, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<p><strong>And despite all of the celebrities in attendance at the Grammy awards, Pharrell's hat may have been the biggest star of all.</strong></p>
<p><strong>It hobnobbed with Jay Z and&nbsp;Kendrick Lamar:</strong><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/52e67b3d69bedd822ebafaef-1095-727/screen%20shot%202014-01-27%20at%2010.28.23%20am.png" border="0" alt="Pharrell jay z kendrick lamar" width="800" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;" /></p>
<p><strong>Almost gobbled up Anna Kendrick:</strong><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/52e67d62ecad04d43f01af9e-1103-727/screen%20shot%202014-01-27%20at%2010.36.45%20am.png" border="0" alt="Anna Kendrick Pharrell" width="800" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;" /></p>
<p><strong>Just don't question the hat, even if your name is Paul McCartney:</strong><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/52e67edf69bedda337bafaf1-1049-730/screen%20shot%202014-01-27%20at%2010.43.38%20am.png" border="0" alt="Pharell Paul McCartney" width="800" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em; color: #000000;" /></p>
<p><strong>Not hat? No love for Cyndi Lauper:</strong><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/52e67e77ecad04144001afa6-1014-731/screen%20shot%202014-01-27%20at%2010.42.09%20am.png" border="0" alt="Pharrell Cyndi Lauper" width="800" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;" /></p>
<p><strong>But the hat can appreciate other hats and headpieces:</strong><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/52e67c446da811d05bbafaec-1064-737/screen%20shot%202014-01-27%20at%2010.31.21%20am.png" border="0" alt="Pharrell hat Daft Punk Grammys bow down" width="800" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;" /></p>
<p><strong>Hugs for hats!</strong><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/52e67e01ecad04d23f01af9e-1043-731/screen%20shot%202014-01-27%20at%2010.39.58%20am.png" border="0" alt="Pharrell Daft Punk hug grammys" width="800" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;" /></p>
<p><strong>These other people just don't get us!</strong><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/52e67f89eab8ea6d5801af9f-543-407/pharrell-daft-punk-grammys.png" border="0" alt="Pharrell Daft Punk Grammys" width="800" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;" /></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/grammys-best-and-worst-dressed-2014-2014-1?op=1#ixzz2rc2LBmPa" >The Best And Worst Dressed At The Grammy Awards</a></strong></p>
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Mon, 27 Jan 2014 10:37:00 -0500Richard Elliot
<p>Given the group&rsquo;s sonic ownership of last summer with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5EofwRzit0">Get Lucky</a>, it seems apt that Daft Punk collaborators dominated last night&rsquo;s Grammy Awards. They had a total of seven wins, including Album of the Year for <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Daft+Punk/Random+Access+Memories">Random Access Memories</a> and Record of the Year for that ubiquitous single. But for all the evident popularity of the enigmatic French duo amongst younger audiences and the perennial hipness of collaborator Pharrell Williams, theirs was ultimately a victory for old school approaches to music.</p>
<p>The album was a loving homage to the funk, disco and soft rock music of the 1970s and 1980s. It was imbued with retro cool via the use of modular synths and the involvement of veteran musicians Giorgio Moroder and Nile Rodgers. A highly visible (and audible) nod to the past in the present, Random Access Memories can be seen as an ideal representation of the contemporary music world as celebrated by the Grammys.</p>
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<p>Criticism of the Grammys tend to fall into a few well established areas. Probably the most consistent is that the awards merely represent the <a href="http://ideas.time.com/2011/12/02/grammys-fallout-the-subtle-snubbing-of-kanye/">self-congratulation of the corporate music industry</a> and underline the essentially commercial nature of music-making and consumption. But this could hardly be otherwise. An academy devoted to recorded sound is an academy that implicitly celebrates the commodification of music as inaugurated by Edison&rsquo;s invention of the phonograph and Berliner&rsquo;s of the gramophone.</p>
<p>Those fans and artists who look for the artistic in music and who criticise the Grammys for celebrating commercialism conveniently overlook the fact that they too access music via commodified forms. Perhaps the problem with the Grammys is the sight of commodification writ large, a monstrous reflection of that part of art that we&rsquo;d rather not acknowledge.</p>
<p>Another <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/arts/music/at-the-54th-grammy-awards-everything-old-is-praised-again.html?_r=0">line of critique</a> forms around the Grammys&rsquo; focus on essentially mainstream, established music making &ndash; music shaped by the industry for industry recognition. Here, the lack of acknowledgement for genuinely new music is seen as problematic, especially so in the supposedly fast-moving world of pop. Given the eligibility dates for awards (1 October 2012 to 30 September 2013 for the latest ceremony), the New Artist category can seem rather behind the times and music that flashes up between cut-off date and ceremony inevitably misses out.</p>
<p>Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis, the winner&rsquo;s of this year&rsquo;s New Artist award, were certainly new to the academy, but perhaps not new in pop terms; Macklemore has been releasing music for more than a decade. And Beyonc&eacute; might have been on fine form kicking off the main event with a performance alongside husband Jay-Z, but her latest self-titled album, released unexpectedly in December 2013, could not be considered for an award. Taylor Swift, also performing at this year&rsquo;s awards, was nominated for an album released in late 2012.</p>
<p>Of course, there have to be cut-off points and Beyonc&eacute; and her record label know very well how these things work. There are prime times to strategise releases for Grammys, just as there are to capitalise on Christmas and other buying periods. But the time-lag only supports the suspicion of a rather slow-moving industry dragging out the happening in pop for longer than its audience might wish to allow.</p>
<p>Which brings us to perhaps the most fundamental criticism aimed at the Grammys. The industry module they recognise &ndash; that built up through the phonographic era of the 20th century &ndash; is one that is in the processing of being relegated to history. The changes that have taken place with the production, consumption and exchange of music in the internet age are not just about changes in attitude towards styles or genres of music; rather, they represent a seismic shift in the way in which people &ndash; especially, but not exclusively, young people &ndash; access music.</p>
<p>The Grammy, named after a nineteenth century invention, simply isn&rsquo;t representative of the internet-driven manner in which music is now circulated and consumed. Maria Schneider &ndash; winner of the Contemporary Classical Composition award &ndash; used her <a href="http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/tv-film/5885352/macklemore-ryan-lewis-daft-punk-adele-among-pre-telecast-grammy">acceptance speech</a> to talk about the time spent creating take-down notices and fighting online music sharing. It was an emblematic moment that showed the tensions between old and new understandings of music consumption, and between creative artists and their audiences.</p>
<p>What all of this highlights is the way in which the Grammys showcase an essentially traditional, established world of music that either doesn&rsquo;t feel the need to &ndash; or simply can&rsquo;t &ndash; reflect the major challenges facing the industry. This is not an issue that those involved in film, theatre and television have had to deal with to the same extent, marking the Grammys as perhaps more out of touch than the Oscars, Tonys and Emmys.</p>
<p>But to make this point is also, arguably, to buy into the youth-oriented focus that has been placed on music &ndash; all genres of music &ndash; for more than half a century. Contemporary music&rsquo;s indebtedness to tradition goes far beyond the recognition of &ldquo;folk&rdquo;, &ldquo;country&rdquo; or &ldquo;traditional R&amp;B&rdquo; (all Grammy categories), as Led Zepplelin&rsquo;s victory in the rock category proved conclusively. Perhaps instead we should see the Grammys as a space in which we witness musical worlds hardening into tradition.</p>
<p><em>Richard Elliott does not work for, consult to, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has no relevant affiliations.</em></p>
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<p>This article was originally published at <a href="http://theconversation.com">The Conversation</a>. Read the <a href="http://theconversation.com/grammys-remain-out-of-touch-with-the-modern-music-industry-22370">original article</a>.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swifts-head-banging-grammy-performance-2014-1" >Watch Taylor Swift's Head-Banging Grammy Performance Of 'All Too Well'</a></strong></p>
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Mon, 27 Jan 2014 03:28:00 -0500Aly Weisman
<p>Taylor Swift may <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-grammy-album-of-the-year-reaction-2014-1" target="_blank">not have taken home any awards</a> during Sunday night's Grammys, but she does win the prize for "best hair flipping head banger" for her performance of "All Too Well."</p>
<p>Around the 2:30 mark, Swift goes nuts. Watch below:</p>
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<p>It was basically just a lot of this:</p>
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<p><strong>MORE:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/complete-list-of-grammy-winners-2014-1" >A Complete List Of Grammy Winners</a></strong></p>
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